CLINIC’s Training

“I have been an attorney for approximately eight years and this is the first training I have attended that has been directly on point and helped me understand complex issues in an easy manner.”

These comments from 2010 training evaluations, like hundreds of others, praise CLINIC’s in-person and webinar trainings for their professionalism, clarity, and accessibility. CLINIC’s training attorneys provide legal immigration training to more than 1,000 non profit, community-based immigration service providers through phone consultations, multi-day trainings, webinars, broadcast e-mails, and a wide variety of publications. Their success in delivering legal support to this expanding network has made CLINIC widely recognized as the most productive legal support group in the field.

CLINIC offers its affiliates access to an attorney-of-the-day hotline, providing the network with an expert immigration attorney to answer questions on specific cases. In 2010 CLINIC’s six training attorneys responded to an average of 20 calls or e-mails every day. Different levels of training are especially designed for attorneys, paralegals, and those seeking Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) accreditation and are offered on a wide range of topics for beginning practitioners through the advanced legal immigration practitioner who is interested in honing skills and learning more on specific immigration topics. In 2010, CLINIC offered 28 in-person trainings attended by 1,024 people and 26 webinars attended by 3,007 people.

The Annual Convening
The Annual Convening is CLINIC’s top training venue. The 2010 Convening was held in New Orleans and was attended by more than 250 people. During the two days, advocates learn the intricacies of this complex and ever-changing field through more than 40 lectures, workshops, and other training formats suited to the attendees’ learning style.

“I want thank you for the patient, detailed advice you have given me…I have kept your advice in mind so I can be the best advocate I can be – not just for any one client, but for our community as a whole.”

Legal worker who had just submitted his BIA accreditation application with CLINIC’s help

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“It helped me being able to look at applications and tell right away if
the applicant’s eligible.”

“I learned the steps to applying to become a Legal Permanent Resident through a family relationship.”

“Loved the variety of teaching methods! I thought they were all really effective.”